Porpoises are often confused with dolphins as being one and the same when in fact they don’t have as much in common as people might think. Dolphins and porpoises are both air-breathing, warm blooded marine mammals and they both belong to the same scientific order Cetacea. They are fu

The results of the 2017 National Whale and Dolphin Watch are in! During last year’s event, which took place 29th July – 6th August, a record-breaking 1,529 hours of dedicated watches took place. Some 300 hours more than any previous occasion, this represents 2,500 volunteers all aro

As winter approaches, and storms like Brian take hold of the British coastline. A new team prepare to take action around the UK. In Cornwall there is the Marine Strandings Network, a team of over 100 volunteers, who are ready to brave the weather and record all reported strandings of

Each year, scientists at the Sea Watch Foundation lead a campaign to get members of the general public contributing to science to protect whales & dolphins. Bottlenose dolphins are some of our more energetic UK cetaceans. This one was photographed during the 2015 National Whale

As part of the government’s commitment to creating a ‘Blue Belt’ around the UK, on the 17th January 2016, 23 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) were designated in English waters. Aiming to protect a range of habitats for marine life, particularly for endangered species, MCZs are wel